Meet the authors! – DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Dec 20, 2024 · Matthias Aderhold ist freiberuflicher Application Engineer und Workflow-Spezialist. Er arbeitet als technischer Berater für mehrere Softwareentwickler für Farbkorrektur von Film und Fernsehen und arbeitet mit verschiedenen Post-Häusern zusammen.
IBC 2025 – DIGITAL PRODUCTION
From September 12-15, 2025, Amsterdam hosts IBC 2025, showcasing global innovations in media and entertainment technologies. IBC 2025 returns to Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre from September 12 to 15, bringing together key players in media, technology, and entertainment.
MoonRay 1.7: DreamWorks’ Renderer Gets a Shiny Update
6 days ago · New Features in MoonRay 1.7. MoonRay 1.7 introduces a new light type called PortalLight. While the official documentation lists its control attributes, portal lights in other renderers are typically used to improve global illumination in …
Through the Woodlands – DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Nov 28, 2024 · Creatures made of tree branches and roots seem to have a firm place in the history ofVFX. Just think of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings, Guillermo del Toro's Pinoccio, Groot or the creature in Seven Minutes Past Midnight. In this tradition we created woodland - an animated short film that we produced under…
3DCoat 2024.30: New Year, New Tools for Your 3D Arsenal
6 days ago · New Array Tools in the Sculpt Room. The Sculpt room sees the introduction of two new tools designed to enhance modeling capabilities: Array Tool: Allows the creation of various arrays of volume objects along curves, enabling the efficient duplication of elements in a controlled manner.This is particularly useful for generating repetitive structures such as chains, fences, or architectural details.
From Sketch to Scene: Clay Pencil Turns 2D into 3D in Real Time
Dec 13, 2024 · Clay Pencil’s Key Features. Real-Time 2D-to-3D Transformation: Clay Pencil converts 2D sketches into editable 3D animations in real time, letting users bypass tedious modeling processes.; Sketch-Based Interface: The system emphasizes artistic freedom, retaining the organic qualities of 2D animation while translating these into fully manipulatable 3D forms.
Virtual production on celluloid? – DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Sep 6, 2024 · "What You Don't See" is a pioneering project that is one of the first to combine the oldest and one of the newest technologies in the film industry - 35mm film and LED volumes - in a scenic production.
The new kid on the block! – DIGITAL PRODUCTION
Oct 31, 2023 · DP: Autograph is a new contender in a market dominated by After Effects and Nuke. What sets it apart from the competition? Francois Grassard: Autograph, created by Left Angle, is a software intended to be between After Effects and Nuke.
Halation and diffusion – On the hunt for the ultimate film look
Jan 30, 2024 · What do you do when digital cameras and modern lenses are too good? It's simple: you use software to simulate the technical weaknesses of analogue film or the filters that experienced cameramen use in such cases. We took a closer look at "Halation" in DaVinci Resolve (DR for short) and FilmConvert Nitrate. Plus "Scatter", which…
Procedural Worldbuilding mit Unreal – DIGITAL PRODUCTION
May 28, 2024 · When Epic Games presented the first experimental version of the PCG framework with Unreal 5.2, the excitement among UE5 users was great at first – procedural tools already existed in the Unreal world before, these were built on a blueprint or C plug-in basis, but of course they do not come close to a native PCG framework or …